⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:30 · HOU 33-31 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 0:00 · HOU 80-73 LAL
- Ties it
Trevor Ariza hit a 27-foot three jumper, Carl Landry with the assist
Q4 0:14 · HOU 92-92 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks bad pass
Q4 1:05 · HOU 89-87 LAL
- Turnover
Chuck Hayes bad pass
Q4 0:39 · HOU 89-89 LAL
- Turnover
Trevor Ariza lost ball
OT 0:00 · HOU 102-103 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- Lead
Ron Artest hit a 25-foot three jumper, Kobe Bryant with the assist
Q4 0:30 · HOU 89-92 LAL
- Ties it
Lamar Odom hit a tip shot
OT 3:42 · HOU 94-94 LAL
- Go-ahead
Kobe Bryant hit a two point shot
OT 1:30 · HOU 98-99 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andrew Bynum offensive foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)
Q4 4:30 · HOU 84-81 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 3:05 · HOU 94-94 LAL
- Missed FT
Andrew Bynum misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 0:24 · HOU 102-102 LAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
